My Mac Plus, in 1999, was my dial-up email machine using Eudora 3.x with a modified system floppy for connectivity and the email program in an external floppy drive. I re-soldered every joint on the power board just to be certain my Plus kept going.
Jeff On Sunday, October 20, 2013 4:57 PM, Chris Tofu <[email protected]> wrote: . you cant always see a bad solder connections. but I once repaired a power supply by touching most every joint on the bottom of the board. ------------------------------ On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 2:57 PM PDT Mike Carpenter wrote: >I've done the tap trick before - in a darkened room to see where the sparks >jump on a dry joint and soldered it up. The video has been a bit iffy the last >few times I've fired it up - I've had to give it a tap. I've inspected both >boards and can find no evidence of bad joints or exploding components but by >the sound of it something must have failed on the analog board. > >-- >-- >----- >You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. >The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our >netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > >Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Vintage Macs" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
